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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “poleless” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

37 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
poleless108987(None) 
holeless1189361holeless
pileless1088621pileless
popeless1288471popeless
soleless8910031soleless
boltless10338282boltless
boneless10310212boneless
codeless112010112codeless
coreless103013832coreless
homeless131110132homeless
hopeless13118302hopeless
isleless834852isleless
loveless1168572loveless
moveless1367752moveless
noseless839512noseless
noteless839402noteless
paleness10312982paleness
paneless102611762paneless
peltless10267372peltless
peopleless1441912peopleless
pipeless12107662pipeless
plotless10256792plotless
poetess938932po_etess
poetless1038722poetless
pollees93215332pol_lees
pollens93713302pol_lens
pollers93420022pol_lers
portless10310642portless
powerless1444292powerless
pulpless12224952pulpless
ruleless836632ruleless
soleness8814262soleness
toeless72612392to_eless
toneless8610392toneless
voteless1137492voteless
yokeless1535302yokeless
zoneless1737822zoneless

Search took 4 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059373.32636397.8
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691373.73247880.8
 
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